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Well, you have to look at the shape of the cat's skull. The skulls of lions and tigers have been compared, and they are very much alike, the difference is sometimes only noticeable to experts. Lions have slightly longer skulls, and tigers have wider, broader skulls. The wider the skull is, the more force will be applied to a bite. This is because the area of force is concentrated more, and not spread over a long length. This would give the tiger a stronger bite.

Lion and tiger jaw force comparison from National Geographic:

Lion average: 945 pounds per square inch (425 kg of force).

Tiger average: 1000 pounds per square inch (450 kg of force).

If i was to judge about the bite force, both cats have it of 1200 pounds. There is no such thing as wider= stronger. The bite force is spread over the lenght (lion) and width (tiger) so the theory that wider= stronger is just like a myth. Just like I said earlier on, their bite force is about 1000-1200Ibs

Some animals with long skulls, such as crocodiles, have extremely strong jaws. Some would say that animals with longer skulls would have a stronger bite, because crocs have a stronger bite force than animals such as cats. This is a ridiculous theory. Crocodiles and cats are completely different animals. You cannot compare mammals with reptiles.

Or sharks.

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The answer = neither No-one never tried to test adult male tiger's bite force and no-one never tested adult male lion's bite force. They are just estimates. Scientific estimates are 1100Ibs (half a tonne) for each of them

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tigers are the ones with stripes and lions are the big furry ones like on lion king. Tiger are the biggest cats and the lion is the second biggest..
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They are kinda the same because they are big cats. Hope I helped!

I'm sure you cant test that, in order to test that you'd have to be within 10 feet of the animal, them being predators i could imagine that it would be hard to keep them from attacking you an also getting them to bite the tester as well seeing that they use there claws alot

If we consider Siberian (Amur) or Bengal tigers, they are stronger than lions. Pound-for-pound, tigers are generally stronger than lions..
Extracts from http://indrajit.wordpress.com/bigcats/:.
"The development of muscles around the neck and shoulder of a lion is very obvious. Lions have massively… built forequarters. The hindquarters look relatively less massive. More often than not, a lion is unable to free both of its front paws in a combat because of the weaker hind legs and a not-so-agile body".
"Legends have been made of "the phenomenal muscular development of a tiger's neck and shoulders" (Page 120, Ref. 16) and about how it can kill monstrous preys with just one swipe of the paw. A tiger has massive shoulder and tremendous strength in its forelimbs. The backlimbs look lean compared to its forelimbs (Ref 28 ) even though the backlimbs are also very powerfully built and allow the tiger to free the two front paws in combats".
"A tiger's strength is almost phenomenal. It's easier to quote from people who have witnessed it rather than trying to explain why and how. Here are just a few. Numerous more such accounts can be found in literatures by famous hunters, scholars and animal trainers..
"The Royal Bengal Tiger of Sundarbans. The people of this area must come to terms with tigers that have the traction power of 30 men." (Page 76, Ref. 7).
"Corbett's idiosynchratic Temple tiger, after fighting over a kill with a very large black bear, then picked up the cow, weighing six or seven hundred pounds, and dragged it for some two miles up a densely wooded hill, negotiating dense undergrowths, fallen trees and great masses of rock" (Page 120, Ref. 16).
"Corbett has put it on record that he saw a tiger carry a full-grown cow for four miles â¦â¦ a four hunderd-pound bullock was carried clear of the ground for three hundred yards through very dense thickets, and one of Marshall's tigers removed by some means a one thousand four hundred-pound buffalo to a distance of a quarter of a mile." There are also mentions of tigers leaping and swimming great distances with full-grown bullocks in jaws. "Pocock witnessed a similar instance in Burma of a very large gaur - which would not be likely to weigh less than 1,700 pounds - being dragged fifteen yards by an exceptionally large tiger, though thirteen men could not move it one yard, and it was eventually hauled out by his transport elephants." (Page 121, Ref. 16)." (MORE)

The habitat ranges of these two creatures do not overlap, but if they do predation of Lions by Tigers is likely since Tigers are known to stalk and prey on mega fauna like bears,crocodiles, elephants and rhinos. The closest their habitats come is in India, and recently when Indian govt. wanted to re…introduce Lions in a national park in the state of Uttar pradesh, rangers and wild life biologists were preempting and planning for possible predation of Lions by Tigers, since Bengal Tigers are arund 25% bigger in size than normal African lions, moreover Asiatic lions are a little smaller than their African cousins. (see the related question) (MORE)

Both of these animals are powerful and fierce carnivores. But scientists say that in a fight between a Bengal tiger and an African lion, there is a 90% chance that the tiger will win. It is a well-known fact that tigers are the biggest cats in the world. Not only this, but tigers are noticeably mor…e muscular, and better fighters. It is actually a myth that lions are better fighters than tigers, because tigers compete with each other for territory just as much as lions fight for a pride. Tigers also have experience fighting with many animals; Bengal tigers can easily kill large crocodiles, and Siberian tigers have been known to attack and kill adult male brown bears. Tigers have been noticed as better fighters because they are more swift, agile, feirce, and have better eye-coordination. They have a stronger jaw force and paw-swipe. However, it is not true that tigers have longer fangs than lions. The skulls of these two cats have been compared, and usually their canines are about the same. The term "King" comes from the fact that a lion's mane looks like a crown, and the fact that they rule a pride. A lion's mane actually does not offer much protection; it is just used to make the lion look bigger than it really is, like a cat arching it's back. And the difference between the two cats' lifestyles adds on to which is more intelligent: Living a solitary life results in the tiger being more cunning. The tiger also hunts larger prey than the lion. The largest prey that Lions hunt is the African buffalow, a species of African cattle. Tigers, however, are exelent at hunting guar, which is the largest type of cattle in the world. There are also differences in the way the two animals fight. Lions tend to stand on three legs, and use one paw to fight. Tigers normally balance on their hind legs and use both front paws to fight, giving them a huge advantage. Tigers also use "trickery", keep their heads back, and use well thought-out moves when fighting, while lions are known for blindly charging. Another important feature in how well the animals fight is the way their bodies are built. Lions are built more stiffly than tigers, and their bodies are more compact. Lions sometimes appear more muscular in the forelimbs, but tigers have more flexible muscles. The lion DOES have an advantage though: courage. Lions are braver, and less likely to back down from a fight. There have been reports of tigers submitting to lions when they meet in reserves, so they can avoid injury. But if the lion refuses to leave the tiger alone, than the tiger is probably going to end up victorious. Within the Bengal tiger scientists found a most disturbing ferocity. When it comes to the decision to fight, this cat attacks violently, most often winning in a fight against any lion. In the end, the tiger's agility and accuracy comes out on top. 80% of experts agree that the tiger is the dominate cat. But not only National Geographic reporters say so. There are many polls on the internet where people can vote on who they think would win, and one can see that many more people bet on the tiger than the lion. SOURCES: National Geographic, Discovery Channel, PBS nature channel. (MORE)

The largest lions are Barbary Lions. Tiger is physically larger and heavier than a lion, they reach upto 11 ft (3.3 meter) and weight up 660 pounds (300 kg). They arelargest cat on earth. A lion can only weight up to 550 pounds

According to the "animal face-off" series, a male tiger has an impressive bite force of 1000 pounds. This is equal to 453 kg, and it means that it can cut through bone. There are indeed cases of male tigers that pierced through the skulls of other male tigers with their canines, during territorial f…ights. The lion has also the same bite force. In the "animal face-off" series, it was stated that scientists have developed a statistical formula to measure the bite force; Bite force = 2 (M x m+ T x t) / Length U, according to which, the bite force for both the tiger and the lion is 1000 pounds. However, the bite force is not the same for all tigers (and lions). It depends on the size, strength, age (etc) of the particular individual. Hyenas have a greater bite force than tigers (and lions). However, a tiger's bite (or a lion's bite) is much more devastating than a hyena's bite, because of the larger teeth that a tiger (or a lion) has. they bite so hard that when they bite they can rip your flesh open (MORE)

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Well, you have to look at the shape of the cat's skull. The truth is, lion's and tiger's skulls have been compared, and they are very much alike, the difference is somtimes only noticable to experts. Lions have slightly longer skulls, and tiger's are wider. The wider the skull is,… the more force will be applied to a bite. This is because the area of force is concentrated more, and not spread over a long length. This would give the tiger a stronger bite. Some animals with long skulls, such as crocodiles, have extremely strong jaws. BUT: crocodiles and cats are completely different animals. If you compare a shark with a croc, (the shark has a wider mouth, the croc's is longer) you will see that the shark's jaws are much stronger, thus supporting this law of bite-phisycs. .
Shark bite is only 700Ib. Crocolides bite is 3000Ib.Sharks bite is 4 times weaker than crocodiles. .
And there's more: if the fangs are placed farther into the skull, they will be in the jaws more firmly, and the animal's jaws will be stronger. ( a good example of this would be the hyena, which has a deadly strong bite.) Tiger's canine teeth are held father into the skull than lion's are. The result is that tigers have a stronger bite force than lions. (MORE)

Well lot's of people knows that tiger(they have a bite force thatis over 1,000 psi Of force and 2nd strongest in the feliade whichmeans the cats) as the largest and Most powerful of all the cats inthe world. The bite force is linked to the size of an animal. In this case the jaguar(they bite force i…s around 1500 p.s.i offorce) has stronger Bite because they have more adapted skull andmore muscular jaws that are used To killing their prey in a singlebite(this is the real meaning of the jaguar) through the skullwhich is diffrent from other Cats that used to kill their prey By suffcation and broking the windpipe or the spinal chord of theirprey. The jaguar bite force is so powerful it can crush tutles shells(alion with a biteforce Of 950 psi and a tiger with a bite that'sover 1,000 psi can't and not able even penetrate And making a largehole inside the turtles shell). Another thing about the jaguar they are pound to pound(i know thatsound nuts But it's true!) the most muscular of all cats and themost powerful consider is size ( If the jagaur was in the size of aAfrican lion or even Bengal tiger it could whip their Asses prettyeasly). (MORE)

my answer will surprise you. well the name is saber tooth cat(smilodon) and they had a very long canines(7 inches) and they had weight consider to be (they were so robust that scientists calls thema lion on steroids) as much as today's largest cat in the world the Siberian tiger. consider th…e bite forces i may say that it get not even close to a real compression because the saber tooth cat has a bite force that it was close to 160 kg(close to 360 psi) because the canines interrupts is ability to swing is jaws sideways(every predator today have this ability) but if the smilodon used to this movement probably it shattered is canines (the canines used to kill is prey by delivering those long and sharp canines to the neck of is prey and it wasn't using a powerful bite to do so only a accuracy in delivering the bite),unlike the tiger that using is powerful bite to suffocate and breaking the windpipe or the spinal chord of is prey and exerting a bite that is over 1,000 psi(more than a 450 kg). in my opinion the winner of this compression is the tiger. (MORE)

Tigers and lions have about the same bite force. They both would have a bite force of 1000 lbs per square inch, but the lion would have a slightly stronger bite force than a tiger because it tends to hunt larger prey. A tiger would usually bite the back of the neck of the prey, while a lion would bi…te the throat. A lot of users say that lions bite is 950psi and tiger is slightly stronger. The tigers bite is scientificaly 1300pounds and lions is the same. Animal experts did 2 tests .Longer vs shorter face. Shorter face won.However another test was wider vs narrow jaw one. Narrower face won.Tigers jaws are shorter but wider. Lions are longer but narrower. Their bite is equal in power.Scientificaly their bite is the same power.None lions or tigers are stronger. They are the same in power. Remember these were only estimated. You cannot measure the real bite of a lion and tiger. Those tests in 950psi and 1000psi was measured in the captivity. Lion or tiger didn't know would it bite or attact or would they start to purr or wait until it gives it food. Lions and tigers bite force is equal in power. (MORE)

A tiger might win, but a lion will win most of the time because: An African lion is larger cat than a Bengal tiger,with average lenght of 3.5m with the tail and 227-270kg (500-600Ib) while tigers 3.1m, and 227-300kg(500-660Ib) Finally a lion is a better fighter. The world isn't all perfect. A mal…e spents 4 years learning to fight. Then, it fight for food with females. and last, but not so important, a fight for a pride. Tigers only complete for teritory and for a female. A lion will be the victourius about nine out of ten times because is is more aggressive,more swift, more intelligent, and dodges his oponent without a problem. There he uses his agility, ballance, eye-coordination & condition which are higher developed than tigers. And there is a myth, that tigers limbs are noticeably larger. Yes you can see it harder on stripes but if a mane covers 60-80% of them, what are the chances that they will appear larger. A lion's job is to be a good fighter and the mane offers protection when a big chunch goes too far in the throat. They have much stronger paw swipe and slightly stronger bite force & ferocity. Lion claws are actually larger and used for pulling the prey to itself while eating prey. Their canines were compared on pictures, videos & skulls and the fangs are the same size. But that isn't the only reason why will the lion win. In Rome and Greece you can find statues of a lion on gates. They just knew that lions wins over tigers. A tiger was known to be the largest cat, but it's a myth.They do say that a tiger is larger, but their informations says different. A tiger is just slightly more cunning and if not heavier. It does seem to have at least some chances to a lion but the decision fight is very often won by a lion e.g. animal face off. That was one example. Within those cats, their list of attributes is endless, but ,most of them are higher developed in a lion. The two cats are very powerful, fiece and dangerous cats. But the advantages of a lion throws the tiger's to the shade. There is a little chance that a tiger will win, unlike the victorius lion. (MORE)

Yes it does because a tigers head is like a jaguars head. and a Jaguar has a kind of round head which holds more muscle in it. A tigers head is like the same, so a tiger has a stronger bite force than a lion. Even tho a tiger has 30 teeth that's all it needs to kill almost any prey it attacks.

yes a tigersbite-force is stronger than an lions because scientist have recorded a tigers bite force, lions bite force and also a hyena's bite force the tiger an the hyena's are actually better than an lions bite force it's actually interesting if u study bite forces of animals if u have trouble abo…ut finding facts about animals just study then u'll get your answer! (MORE)

Male cats have spines on their penis that point backwards. The purpose of these spines is to cause slight trauma to the female's vagina upon withdrawal of the penis. The resulting pain triggers ovulation. It may also help explain why the female turns and bares her teeth at the male at the end of mat…ing. (MORE)

they have similar almost equal skulls,they have 3 inch claws, a bite force of 1000+ pounds, 3 to 4 inch canines, similar average weight lion(420lbs to 550lbs) tiger(450lbs to 600lbs) although tigers are heavier they average almost the same. Siberian tiger and African lion can reach top speeds …of 50mph(80kph) but only for short distances because they have low stamina. lions are taller than tigers to the shoulder(male lions). their height is lion(4 ft) tiger(3ft to 3 1/2 ft) however female lions have a height of 3ft. they both are part of the genus panthera. (MORE)

If a male tiger is crossed with a female lion, it is called a Tigon. If a male lion is crossed with a female tiger, it is called a Liger. The hybrids are as follows: A male lion mated with a tigress can produce what is known as a liger. While a male tiger, mated with a lioness can produce what is ca…lled a tigon. These are special breeds, and do not happen naturally in the wild, and in fact, many times there are complications, either with the pregnancy, during the birthing, or with the litter, and their health.Tigons do not grow as large as ligers, which can top 900 pounds. When you take a "male lion", and a "female tiger" and breed them together, the resulting cubs are called Ligers . When you take a "male tiger" and a "female lion" and breed them the off spring will be called Tigons . They are a hybrid species and not normally found in the wild. These are believed to be captive bred, and raised only. Many don't consider them to be a true "wild cat". For more details, please see sites listed below. It depends on which was the male - a combination of the two names is used, with the male's first and then the females. Male lion X female tiger (tigress) = liger Male tiger X female lion (lioness)= tiglon Depends on the parents' species. Naming tradition states that thatthe male name goes first. Male tiger, female lion creates a Tigon. Male lion, female tiger makes a Liger. (MORE)

A tiger is. The biggest lion on record was 868 pounds and twelve feet long, but the largest tiger was 13 feet long and 900 pounds. On average the largest tiger is 660 pounds and the largest lion 500 pounds.

The question as written makes no sense. Tigers are related to tigers by virtue of them being the same thing (Reflexive Principle). Lions and tigers, however, are more closely related to each other than either is to cougars.

Absolutely, yes. Everyone thinks a siberian tiger would win. A lion is a better fighter and a has thicker paws and stronger canines than a siberian tiger has. It really does not matter if the siberian tiger is longer than the lion.

None, it is it's own species. RUBBISH Panthera is the name of the genus that includes lion leopard jaguar and tiger. Panther is often used to refer to one or more of these species. Black panther is the name given to black leopards or jaguars

Yes, and the are called ligers. They are much bigger than their parents because of hybrid vigor. Usually only the females are fertile so it's not possible to mate them together, only back to a lion or tiger

In some ways they are and in some ways they aren't. Lion males have mains and tiger males don't . another reason they aren't alike is they live in different habitats. But there alike because they both are cats ,carnovores ,and mammles

Lions and tigers come from different continents, so they never meet in the wild. In zoos they do get along, so well, in fact that they sometimes produce cubs, known as ligers (if the father is a lion) and tigons, also called tiglons or tions (if the father is a tiger).

Lions, tiger, and cougars are all related. There all part of the cat family. A cougar is the same as a Mountain Lion. Tigers are Stronger, Heavier, and taller than a Lion. Lions are Faster. Tiger have 4 inch canines and 3 in claws. A lion have 3 inch canines and 3 inch claws.

I'm sure it's the lion Cause lions and tigers once fought and the lion ALWAYS won....YEA..... But the white tigers are stronger than the lions The average Bengal, Indo Chinese, and Siberian tigers are more powerful than lions.